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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Dave Willis on December 05, 2013, 03:59:13 pm

Title: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: Dave Willis on December 05, 2013, 03:59:13 pm
Apart from 'Wagga'   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dx3l1LIPoQ

How are you getting on with them?
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: harunh on December 05, 2013, 04:35:23 pm
supposed to be crap and a rip off

stick to gardiners
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: rosskesava on December 06, 2013, 12:21:55 am
Dave, I'm interested to know as well.

Unfortunately, this is a completely pro Gardiner's forum where the competition gets squashed or ignored.

(No insult intended to to Alex Gardiner. Some of their stuff is good, some excellent, and some is naff).
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: kevinc on December 06, 2013, 12:47:43 am
the reach it pole really caught my eye a while ago,a different approach to things and i like that he's really thinking out of the box with the whole idea,perry has some interesting ideas and ones i have already adopted with great success,of course you could say his poles are rubbish and i'll stick to what i know best-fair do's,but i wouldn't knock reach-it just from ignorance and thats what it is fellow readers
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: rosskesava on December 06, 2013, 01:10:34 am
The 3 year guarantee is what gets my attention.

Do Gardiners give the same guarantee?
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: kevinc on December 06, 2013, 01:25:37 am
perry's past is a bit tainted unfortunatley,i am all  poled up so to speak but for me if i wanted to purchase soon reach-it would get my money,transverse clamps i know which for me would be a downside to it-would have to try one maybe,the whole concept of the pole is awesome,not heard good things about the angle adaptor but that is very easy to overcome with a bit of thought,again i don't think this country is ready for it yet,we are all stuck in the mud with what we have to offer here in the uk and most won't move/adapt to new ideas
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: Dave Willis on December 06, 2013, 08:09:02 am
I'm an Extreme man, so can't see myself changing anytime soon.

However the Reachit poles look interesting and have a couple of features I wish the Gardiners poles had. Just curious that's all.
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: robertphil on December 06, 2013, 08:24:53 am
whats his tainted past?     GBH?
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on December 06, 2013, 12:22:32 pm
I love the idea of good competition in the market because it means that we get better equipment as window cleaners.  However when you look at the weight of these pole the diameter and also see the lack of rigidity in the video I can't understand why someone would get so excited about them.  Am I missing out on something. 

A guarantee isn't worth all that at the end of the day, you may remember other guarantees that were just false promises.

Simon.
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on December 06, 2013, 04:09:46 pm
I love the idea of good competition in the market because it means that we get better equipment as window cleaners.  However when you look at the weight of these pole the diameter and also see the lack of rigidity in the video I can't understand why someone would get so excited about them.  Am I missing out on something. 

A guarantee isn't worth all that at the end of the day, you may remember other guarantees that were just false promises.

Simon.

I have to agree as I've also looked into them.

No excitement from me as on paper they're not as good as what I already have.

Just to note- there's a very good reason why Gardiners have such a following & such respect, add to that, it's come about with a zero advertising budget too. How many companies from any industry can boast that?
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: James Bulton on December 06, 2013, 04:42:04 pm
Taking a look at Wagga`s u tube demo on the pole it strikes me as very floppy with lots of side swing so for that, it will take a lot of persuading for me.I must say I am open minded to all tools because that`s what tool are only tools. So no royalty to a make as such.
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: CleanClear on December 10, 2013, 07:46:01 pm
Its a brilliant marketing ploy getting "wagga" to first open the box, then maybe we go look what he does with it !
  I don't know about anyone else but i'd come to view "wagga" as an example of self reliance/ingenuity/resource ? And of course associated him with Lidl too !  ;D
 Seeing him do the Reach It gig reminds me of Carol Vorderman advertising them extortionate loan companies somehow. Thats all.  ;D
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: kempy on December 10, 2013, 08:23:53 pm
Winproclean are you a family member of Alex ??
I'm sure you once said you trial stuff for gardiners on another forum or you PM me once .
I could be totally wrong
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on December 10, 2013, 08:58:22 pm
Winproclean are you a family member of Alex ??
I'm sure you once said you trial stuff for gardiners on another forum or you PM me once .
I could be totally wrong

I'm his business partner, I own a 99.9% share though. Apart from that, I have no interest in Gardiners whatsoever!! ;D

Trial stuff? I WISH!! ;D
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: Spruce on December 10, 2013, 09:03:15 pm
whats his tainted past?     GBH?

Google his name Parry Tait computers australia.

http://perrytait.com/Perry_Tait.html
his own website glossing over the case

http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/pdflib.nsf/LookupByFileName/99-041.pdf/$file/99-041.pdf
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/109381/disgraced_reseller_back_business/

He has also been known by the name Michael Maait.

Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: CleanClear on December 10, 2013, 09:32:21 pm
whats his tainted past?     GBH?

Google his name Parry Tait computers australia.

http://perrytait.com/Perry_Tait.html
his own website glossing over the case

http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/pdflib.nsf/LookupByFileName/99-041.pdf/$file/99-041.pdf
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/109381/disgraced_reseller_back_business/

He has also been known by the name Michael Maait.



Kiwi ingenuity assembled in China. Does Perry Tait post here under the name of Kempy ?
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: Clever Forum Name on December 10, 2013, 09:34:11 pm
Lots of rumours on the net about Mr Perry Tait.

Best one was.....

Taking deposits for poles and then the ship sank from China.

Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: CleanClear on December 10, 2013, 09:45:00 pm
Lots of rumours on the net about Mr Perry Tait.

Best one was.....

Taking deposits for poles and then the ship sank from China.



Wrong thread mate, you're thinking of the one armed window cleaner from Dorset.
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: Susan Dean (1stclean) on December 10, 2013, 09:50:08 pm
why not try and get all these pole togather in one place and test them out ????? maybe at that van meeting thing that this site puts on ????

 the people that run it wouldn't have a problem about having a clean off ??  say if one person sorted it all out then this same person could demo all the pole with the crowd asking diffent things ???
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: AuRavelling79 on December 10, 2013, 10:14:08 pm
why not try and get all these pole togather in one place and test them out ????? maybe at that van meeting thing that this site puts on ????

 the people that run it wouldn't have a problem about having a clean off ??  say if one person sorted it all out then this same person could demo all the pole with the crowd asking diffent things ???

I'd rather try and herd cats Susan! ;D
Title: Re: Reach It poles - who's using them
Post by: CleanClear on December 10, 2013, 10:21:17 pm
why not try and get all these pole togather in one place and test them out ????? maybe at that van meeting thing that this site puts on ????

 the people that run it wouldn't have a problem about having a clean off ??  say if one person sorted it all out then this same person could demo all the pole with the crowd asking diffent things ???

I turned up to someone off here's demo and pulled out a CLX and a SMAX to compare. The guy who was running the demo (Richard) hadn't compared them before either. There wasn't much between them to be honest although i preferred the gardiners stuff. Price tag was a big difference though !! Anyway the guy who's demo it was bought an Extreme !!!  ;D